Carpenters Without Borders
7410 Wildhorse Valley Rd.
Napa, CA 94558
ph: 415.518.4337
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About Us
Our Students
Jose Maria Rodriguez D from the village of Soledad in the PeteĢn is 25 years old. He actually works in agriculture and is eager to learn carpentry. He has
completed the 5th grade of primary and knows how to use various tools including shovels, hoes, and electric saws, as well as a measuring tape. He lives 6 kilometers from the road.
Oscar Bojamin de La Cruz Aguilar of the village
of Soledad in the Peten, at 19 years of age, works
in agriculture. He has completed the 4th grade and
would like to learn carpentry. He lives near the
highway. He knows how to use various tools
including the electric saw, painting equipment,
and the measuring tape.
Joel Marenedino Tiul Ul from Rio Pita is a 19 year-old farmer who has graduated from the 6th grade. The area is without electricity. He lives 10 kilometers from the road. Among other tools, he uses a machete, a pickax,
shovel, hoe, and a measuring tape.
Basilio Tiul Ul also comes from the town of Eston on the Rio Pita. At 18 years old, he is working in agriculture. He is eager to learn carpentry. He has completed the 2nd grade. He travels 2 hours to get to the road. He can use
a machete, a file, a hoe, and a measuring tape.
Cesar Elias Tiul Ul is a 15 year-old farmer from Rio Pita who wishes to learn carpentry. He had a 5th grade education. He lives two hours from the highway. He uses a machete, a sledgehammer and a pick as well as a measuring tape.
Jose Chu, 28, from Rio Pita is a farmer who wants to learn carpentry. He already knows how to woodwork with a machete. He lives 2 hours from the road. He is acquainted with a tape measure.
Gilberto Choc Che comes from el Estor on the Rio Pita. He is 17, has completed the 3rd grade and is working in agriculture. He knows how to use his machete and an ax; he knows how to use a measuring tape. He would
like to learn carpentry.
Jose Choc Chen, 39, of Ak’Tenamit from the center of Tatin, works in woodcarving and agriculture. He would like to acquire tools to continue his craft. He completed the 2nd grade. He lives in the mountains one hour from
the road. He knows how to use a machete, a chisel, and a hammer, among other tools, and a measuring tape.
Victor Humberto Caal Caal is 24. He is a student at Ak’Tenamit. He works now in agriculture and would like to continue his studies. He has completed the 5th step in Tourism. He lives an hour and a half to 45 minutes from the highway. He knows how to use a little of many tools and yes, he knows how to use a measuring tape.
Who We Are
Dan Stalzer studied green wood chair-making at Country
Workshops, Marshall, North Carolina. He is a graduate of the College of the Redwoods Fine Wood-working Program 1987- 1989 and has been a self employed woodworker since 1990. He has taught greenwood chair-making since 1994. The simple classic tools that predominate in his craft easily translated to the situation in Rio Dulce.
Working with Guatemalan indigenous wood was both a
challenge and a delight as he specializes in native and local hardwoods of Northwestern California.
Dennis Martin, is co-founder and President of Carpenters Without Borders and Principal, DM Custom Homes, Inc. He has 35 years experience in the building trade. He has also worked for six years in development related programs in Guatemala, and in the Papago and Pine Ridge Indian Reservations in the United States.
Richard Bronson the Co-Founder of Carpenters without
Borders. He was also involved in the reconstruction efforts after the earthquake of 1976 and has watched the development in the Rio Dulce over the last 35 years. He keenly feels the need to protect the environment and its inhabitants. A farmer in fact and an esteemed archeologist, Dr. Bronson and his family are making our program possible.
A very special thank you, to the Winrock Foundation for their continuing generous support of the program's travelling, food and lodging expenses for the staff. Milton Del Cid and Jessica Velasquez of Winrock Guatemala have given vauluable logistical assistance to the CWOB program and we thank them profusely.
7410 Wildhorse Valley Rd.
Napa, CA 94558
ph: 415.518.4337
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